| | | | Achieving that Movie feel by Michael Sacci on Jul 16, 2008 at 1:57:53 am in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Which movie? They all look different. One of the easiest things to do to help is to shoot in the 24F mode. There is a program called Magic Bullet Looks that can help stylize the look to be like specific ... | | | | |
| | | | Am I being electrocuted? by gary adcock on Jun 21, 2008 at 1:45:01 pm in the AJA Kona Forum direct to a PCI card. Just like the numerous people here that have blown out the FW ports on their systems by plugging in devices when powered up. gary adcock Studio37 HD & Film Consultation Post and Production Workflows Inside ... | | | | |
| | | | ProRes Capture Issue by gary adcock on Jul 22, 2008 at 12:43:22 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum switching to 8bits. The same also holds true for the software conversions, I am not using the HQ version for any software ProRes conversions. gary adcock Studio37 HD & Film Consultation Post and Production Workflows Inside look at the IoHD | | | | |
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Indie Film & Documentary
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The Making of Kenya, the documentary film
In 2000, a team from Steven Galvano's organization (RCCM) traveled to Zambia and the over 20 hours of video he captured there turned into a short documentary film. Now, 6 years and three documentary films later, documenting these trips have become a central part of what he does. In this article, Steven describes his recent documentary: Kenya, The Documentary Film.
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| | | | Should I shoot this in 60i or 24p? by Chris Constantine on Jun 22, 2008 at 7:51:10 pm in the HDV Format Forum some test footage for this project on both the Sony FX1, Z1, and the V1u. To be fair, I have far more experience shooting 60i vs. 24p, although I have shot quite a bit of film in the past. I ... | | | | |
| | | | iBricked Don't upgarde to 2.0 just yet by gary adcock on Jul 11, 2008 at 4:13:00 pm in the Apple iPhone Forum [Jeremy Garchow] "Just tried the update and now my phone is bricked. " ARRRGGGHHH me too - I am Not in my office keep getting -4 and -9389 errors on the itunes stores. gary adcock Studio37 HD & Film Consultation ... | | | | |
| | | | selling movies through iTunes by Noah Kadner on Jul 24, 2008 at 4:53:06 am in the Indie Film & Documentary Forum It's typically by invitation... Noah My FCP Blog. Unlock the secrets of the DVX100, HVX200 and Apple Color and Win a Free Letus Extreme. Now featuring the Sony EX1 Guidebook , DVD Studio Pro and Sound for Film and TV. ... | | | | |
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AVID Editing
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Under the Gun with RED One
Dylan Reeve and a small team of New Zealand filmmakers had 48 hours to get their assignment, write a script, direct, shoot and post their film, then hand in the finished show...oh yeah, and refine their RED shooting and editing skills under the gun while trying to beat out 230 other teams! Sound wild? You have no idea....
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| | | | News: Original Film Adds Four Directors by Cow News Droid on Jun 24, 2008 at 4:24:00 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum Directors Ben Orisich, Brendan Williams, Tim Gibbs and EJ Foerster Join Production Company (Los Angeles, California--June 24, 2008) Original Film, the commercial/entertainment production company led by Executive Producers Bruce Mellon, Jeff Devlin and Joe Piccirllo, has signed four diverse directing ... | | | | |
| | | | making a story more interesting by Noah Kadner on Jul 21, 2008 at 10:26:40 pm in the Indie Film & Documentary Forum Anything that's boring you should cut out 100%. If that winds up being too short a movie, go film more interesting stuff and cut that in. Lather, rinse, repeat. Noah My FCP Blog. Unlock the secrets of the DVX100, HVX200 ... | | | | |
| | | | Premiere Pro Audio problem by Noah Kadner on Jul 17, 2008 at 2:55:40 pm in the Indie Film & Documentary Forum I'd ask this on the Premiere forum... Noah My FCP Blog. Unlock the secrets of the DVX100, HVX200 and Apple Color and Win a Free Letus Extreme. Now featuring the Sony EX1 Guidebook , DVD Studio Pro and Sound for ... | | | | |
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Indie Film & Documentary
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INDY FILMMAKER, Noah Kadner SHOOTS FORMOSA, VINTAGE 1950
Director Noah Kadner recently shot his debut feature, Formosa, a period comedy about a hapless group of social guidance filmmakers, with Panasonic's AJ-SDX900 DVCPRO Cinema camcorder. An independent project from High Road Productions (Los Angeles, CA), with Anita M. Cal producer, Formosa will go out to potential distributors and have a limited festival run beginning later this year.
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| | | | Letterbox vs 4:3 by Noah Kadner on Jun 28, 2008 at 4:26:58 pm in the Panasonic AG-DVX100 Forum good on both. Noah My FCP Blog. Unlock the secrets of the DVX100, HVX200 and Apple Color and Win a Free Letus Extreme. Now featuring the Sony EX1 Guidebook and Sound for Film and TV. http://www.callboxlive.com | | | | |
| | | | News: Pixar, Sony, and Lucasfilm Host Studio Nights at SIGGRAPH by Cow News Droid on Jul 23, 2008 at 6:23:02 pm in the News & Press Releases Forum Festival, SIGGRAPH 2008 will feature three all-star Production Studio Nights hosted by industry powerhouses Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and Lucasfilm. In addition to the Festival’s popular Competition and Invited Screenings, Festival Talks, and Production Sessions, each studio will ... | | | | |
| | | | now I've seen it all by Arnie Schlissel on Jan 28, 2008 at 6:10:50 pm in the AJA io Forum From Markertek: "This well designed, solution based breakout panel brings the connections of your IO HD to the front of your rack in one 2RU panel." Because it would be so hard to simply turn the Io HD around in ... | | | | |
| | | | Docu Sound on $2000 by Daniel Vockins on Jul 10, 2008 at 2:10:55 am in the Indie Film & Documentary Forum the lav/boom mic set-up is best but working from the premise that I've got £1000 and a bit more at a PUSH what would you reccomend I do with the equivalent of $2000? I film documentaries on my Z1 with ... | | | | |
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Indie Film & Documentary
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Des Owen reviews: Practical DV Filmmaking by Russell Evans
Des Owen takes a thorough look at a new book called, Practical DV Filmmaking by Russell Evans and published by Focal Press and determines that this is the sort of book you want to read from cover to cover and then dip into from time to time for reference.
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James Kelty: Indie & Documentary Filmmaker
James Kelty has always considered himself more of a writer-director than an editor. But in today's ever changing production world, Jim recently found himself without the editor with whom he'd worked for years. It was at this point that he began calling longtime friend and Creative Cow co-founder, Ron Lindeboom, asking which way should he go to remain competitive. Ron encouraged Jim that he was a great storyteller and that editing would come natural to him using today's tools. Jim, as a writer-director whose past projects have included "mega-wall" three big-screen spreads for the California State Museum in Sacramento and whose recent projects have included documentaries with Danny Glover narrating, found that editing has come naturally thanks to his friends at the Cow. Today, Jim participates in a wide range of Cow forums and helps lead in our Indie Film & Documentaries forum. Here is his story...
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Apple Color
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The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP.
A Creative Cow Exclusive! DigitalFilm Trees Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-designed for large-scale productions. Their biggest challenge so far has come on The Forbidden Kingdom, an epic film partnering Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time -- with production and post in China, Korea, Australia, and multiple locations in the US. Heres a look at how they put it all together with FCP, Xserve, XML, Color, file-based workflows...and hard, hard work.
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Cinematography
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Looking for film look? Shoot like film!
Film look software will never offer the same impact on your work that film-style shooting will. Software will also always take longer than shooting right the first time. Longtime film shooter Kim Segel shows you the tools and techniques to maximize film looks, even on pauper's budgets.
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Event Videographers
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Getting The 'Film Look' on a Low Budget Video
It seems that at least once a week someone asks the question, 'How can I make my video look more like film?' In this article, Doug Graham puts forth a few pointers that might make your next job a little easier.
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Podcasts | | | | adobe after effects tutorials podcast Film Flash Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the coveted Film Flash transition in After Effects, without the use of any 3rd-party plug-ins. | | | | |
| | | | adobe premiere pro tutorials podcast Achieving the film look with DV camera; an interview with Stu Maschwitz One of the most common topics in the post production field is "Achieving the Film Look". In this interview, Aanarav Sareen speaks with Stu Maschwitz to discuss "The DV Rebel's Guide" and some other procedures that go over the process of achieving high production standards. | | | | |
| | | | news round-up podcast Red Hot Round-Up 01/08/07 On today's show we run through the latest COW headlines, answer some questions from listeners, and interview Concept Artist/Production Illustrator Darren Dochterman. He's worked on feature films, but his greatest fame comes from Star Trek. | | | | |
| | | | news round-up podcast Red Hot Round-Up #2 Weekly News - Dover Studios releases downloadable training for Autodesk Maya, Sony release Vegas update with more camera support, Red Giant Software releases Magic Bullet Colorista plugin, Matrox Parhelia graphics card. Interview with guest Dr. Paul Cahill, documentary filmmaker about JVC's GY-HD100 hidef camera. | | | | |
| | | | news round-up podcast Red Hot Round-Up 01/30/07 On today's show, we talk about the third issue of Creative Cow Magazine, and interview guests Gerry Wenner and Matt Bradbury discussing using the Panasonic HVX-200 camera for some odd situations including concert filming. | | | | |
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